Abdullah-Al- FaisalMcGill University | McGill · Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Abdullah-Al- Faisal
Doctor of Philosophy (Ongoing)
Teaching and Research Assistant of Integrated Earth System Dynamics (earthsystemdynamics.org) at McGill University
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Introduction
Abdullah Al Faisal is a PhD student of Earth and Planetary Sciences at McGill University. He completed his master’s in applied GIS and RS from University of Southampton. He is also a Commonwealth Shared Scholar and Local Pathways Fellow at SDSN-Youth. He is working on integrating Environmental and Human dataset, analyzing and modeling the complex interaction between them using machine learning algorithms. He works at a Research Lab of Integrated Earth System Dynamics at McGill University.
Additional affiliations
July 2020 - August 2021
Position
- GIS Specialist
Description
- - Defining procedures and ensuring the implementation, monitoring, maintenance and correct functioning of the mission's geographical information system. - Managing training and skills development support to staff with simple mapping, use of GPS, Google Earth, ArcGIS, ArcGIS Collector, Operational Dashboard, Kobo Toolbox, Survey123. - Managing WatSan survey team's collection data in the field. - Management of mapping data for all WatSan activities (water networks, O&M, FSM, Hygiene Promotion).
May 2019 - July 2020
Position
- Consultant
Description
- - Managed all GIS and RS related divisional activities by involving many national, international projects; GIS team management; meeting with clients. - Multi-criteria analysis (MCA) for critical drainage by analyzing the of adequacy and permissibility data for drains. - Multi-hazard risk assessment of Haor Region. - River/canal catchment area delineation and catchment discharge calculation. - Coastal crop damage assessment due to flood using inundation data. - Classification & analysis of LULC.
February 2020 - December 2020
UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network – Youth Initiative (SDSN Youth)
Position
- Fellow
Description
- I am usually focusing air quality sector of Dhaka City in Bangladesh which is based on SDG 11 under Target No 11.6.2 which is the annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (e.g. PM2.5 and PM10) in cities (population weighted).
Education
September 2021 - July 2022
February 2020 - December 2020
UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network – Youth Initiative (SDSN Youth)
Field of study
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
January 2015 - July 2019
Publications
Publications (48)
The purpose of this study is to find out how teachers and students felt about online classes in Bangladesh. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the education system in Bangladesh has made a change by delivering classes via online means. Therefore, this study examines teachers' and students' perspectives and concerns about taking online classes, which hav...
Vegetation cover significantly improves the terrestrial environment by increasing carbon sequestration capacity. It is projected that a major threat to China's terrestrial environment will be happened by 2030 due to the increment in carbon emissions. Identifying reliable techniques to assess carbon absorption by green coverage is necessary to build...
The dramatic mass loss of Tropical Andean glaciers under the influence of climate change has caused alterations in regional hydrological regimes, including development and expansion of glacial lakes, especially moraine-dammed lakes, supraglacial lakes and ice-dammed lakes. There is a broad consensus on Moraine-Dammed Glacial Lakes (MDGLs) to be com...
Investigation of surface urban heat island (SUHI) results from rapid urbanization and upsurge of land surface temperature (LST) has substantial socioeconomic and environmental impacts. This study investigates and simulates the impacts of rapid urbanization on LST and SUHI patterns in Sylhet City, Bangladesh, from 1995 to 2030. Landsat images and ma...
Climate-related droughts have become more common in many parts of the world in recent years, causing negative consequences for agriculture, the environment, and food security. The recent drought in northwestern Algeria’s semi-arid regions has had an impact on both water resource balance and agriculture, with hydrological processes being particularl...
Rapid urbanization owing to population growth and economic development has made thermal environment-related studies ncreasingly prominent. This study aims to monitor and predict the changes n land use/land cover (LULC) and their mpacts on land surface temperature (LST), urban heat sland (UHI), and urban thermal field variance ndex (UTFVI) n Kuwait...
Ethiopia is the major wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) producer country in Africa in terms of total area coverage and total production. But, wheat productivity in Ethiopia is low as compared to the genetic potential of the crop mainly due to climate change and climate variability. Studies that focus on impact of climate change on wheat productivity hav...
Rapid urbanization, human demands with dynamic hydrology, and land resources impact the carbon cycle and ecosystem resilience at the city level. The expansion of urban areas is continuously replacing the vegetative cover (VC), which accelerates carbon emissions (CE), raises land surface temperature (LST), and contributes to global warming. This stu...
The increasing intervention from high-rise infrastructural development in the urban fabric threatens the land use/land cover (LULC) of the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Predicting future scenarios of LULC on a microscale level can help to curb rapid urbanization in Malaysia and promote sustainability. This study aims to appraise the abili...
Changes in land use/land cover (LULC) and land surface temperatures (LST) contribute significantly to the formation and intensity of urban heat islands (UHI) effects. The urban thermal field variance index (UTFVI) can effectively describe any city's UHI (thermal characteristics) effect. This study aims to assess and predict the seasonal (summer and...
Dhaka is subjected to high pollution levels throughout the year, holding some relatively high amounts of pollution readings, making its air unhealthy to breathe. The study examined hourly, shifting, seasonal fluctuations in particulate matter (PM 2.5), the effects of seasonal meteorological variables, and the lockdown effect over the megacity of Dh...
Human pressures, combined with changing hydrology and land resources, have a distinct effect on the carbon chain and ecosystem resilience. The increase in urban areas contributes significantly to the loss of vegetation cover (VC), which accelerates carbon emissions, increasing land surface temperature (LST) and global warming. This study used remot...
Aerosols, or suspended particles in the atmosphere, are critical in the production of cloud nuclei, climate change, poor air quality and reduced ambient visibility, as well as public health and disease. As there are limited ground monitoring stations in the Dhaka Metropolitan Area (DMA), calculating the degree of Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) and PM2...
Human activity has boosted carbon dioxide emissions, causing temperatures to rise. The average temperature on Earth is roughly 15 °C, but it has been much higher and lower in the past. There are natural climatic changes, but experts say temperatures are already rising faster than at any other period in history. Unplanned urbanization can sometimes...
Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) variations are accelerated by rapid urbanization and significantly impacted global Land Surface Temperature (LST). The dynamic increase in LST results in the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. In this study, future LULC change scenarios, seasonal (summer & winter) LST variations, and LST distribution over different LULC clas...
Urban green space is one of the essential components contributing to ecological balance and environmental sustainability. Due to rapid urbanization in the last few decades, massive reduction of urban vegetation cover (VC) has increased the land surface temperature (LST) and hampering environmental sustainability. This study aims to identify the VC...
Climate change is occurring because of an increase in greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and others, which act as a partial blanket for the planet and store solar energy radiation, resulting an increase in land surface temperature (LST). Cities that are already suffering from the urban heat island (UHI) effect , which will withstand...
Climate change threatens agricultural productivity. Understanding climate change, especially its effects on land surface temperature (LST), is critical for policymakers, agriculturalists, and crop breeders if global food security is to be assured. Rajshahi produces substantial agricultural yields (e.g., crops, vegetables, and fruits) in the country...
The integrated water resource management (IWRM) plan plays a substantial role in addressing institutional problems and capacity building for the use, control, preservation, and sustainability of water systems, especially for developing countries like Bangladesh. Bangladesh is facing massive land cover/land use (LC/LU) change, mainly influenced by r...
Satellite images have been used extensively to identify the land use/land cover (LULC) changes in Bangladesh. However, no study has been conducted to classify LULC changes in the Dhaka Metropolitan Development Plan (DMDP) area using high-resolution commercial satellite images. The study aimed to simulate future LULC scenarios using RapidEye commerc...
Rainwater harvesting for saving drinking water has acquired tremendous significance as modern sanitary water-saving technique. This study investigated the viability and acceptability of harvested rainwater, using easy and low-cost technology, in rural communities in Bangladesh as well as Metropolitan City like Rajshahi. A field-based questionnaire...
Cities in developing countries are experiencing exponential growth of coverage of water supply and sanitation which will continue to release of growing wastewater volumes. In Rajshahi city, domestic and industrial wastewater is either discharged directly into a sewer system, a natural drain or water body, a nearby field or an internal septic tank....
Rapid urbanization across many regions in the world is altering the existing land use/land cover (LULC), which is significantly raising the land surface temperature (LST). The present study aims to estimate future LULC and seasonal (summer and winter) LST scenarios in one of the fastest-growing megacities and business capital of Bangladesh, named a...
The intensity and formation of urban heat island (UHI) phenomena are closely related to land use/land cover (LULC) and land surface temperature (LST) change. The effect of UHI can be described quantitatively by urban thermal field variance index (UTFVI). For measuring urban health and ensuring sustainable development, the analysis of LST and UTFVI...
Urbanization leads to massive Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) change and significantly contributes to the increase in urban Land Surface Temperature (LST). The rapid unplanned transformation of urban LULC dramatically affects the functions of the ecosystem and biodiversity. This study aims to identify the variation in LULC, and it influences on the urba...
Consumption of non-renewable energy resources and global warming are increasing due to excessive dependency on motorized vehicle. The study investigates the influencing factors for private motor vehicle dependency to develop a structural equation model (SEM) for quantifying subjective motor vehicle dependency by examining the determinants. A questi...
Common Pool Resource (CPR) is often described as resource that indicates as common properties that can be extractable from significant group of people. The management of common pool resources is getting stubborn and the problem can be viewed as tragedy of common according to variables such as group size, composition, relationship with external powe...
Bangladesh, as a lower riparian country and having wide range of climate variabilities are evidently anticipating to face water crisis in future days in intense way. Projections reveal that 78% of current water will be available in 2030, where food production will have to increase 50% to meet the increased demands depicting more pressure on water....
Bangladesh, as a lower riparian country and having wide range of climate variabilities are evidently anticipating to face water crisis in future days in intense way. Projections reveal that 78% of current water will be available in 2030, where food production will have to increase 50% to meet the increased demands depicting more pressure on water....
Urbanization has been contributing more in global climate warming, with more than 50% of the population living in cities. Rapid population growth and change in land use / land cover (LULC) are closely linked. The transformation of LULC due to rapid urban expansion significantly affects the functions of biodiversity and ecosystems, as well as local...
Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote sensing (RS) play a crucial role in land use/land cover (LULC) estimation, environmental planning and management. Effective management of the environment plays a crucial role in maintaining a sustainable ecosystem and biodiversity. Cumilla City Corporation (CCC), located in the southern region of Bangl...
Rapid urban growth is taking place all over the world, and if the current trends of growth continue, more than 50% of the population of Bangladesh will live in urban areas by the year 2030. For ensuring sustainable and planned urban growth in city areas, residential area (RA) development projects play an important part. A well designed RA is a grou...
In all cities around the world, the urban land surface temperature (LST) is increasing gradually. The dramatic increase in LST leads to climate change, which creates a more extended and serious urban heat island (UHI) effect. In the last few decades, massive land use/land cover (LULC) transition leads to higher LST in the city space of Rajshahi Cit...
The complex characteristics of tourism require effective tools to incorporate tourism development in decision making, which will help to meet the economic, social, and environmental demands of future sustainable development. There is ample opportunity to develop ecotourism in Rajshahi city and its neighbourhood that would generate both employment a...
Due to rapid urbanization, people destroy core environmental elements such as water, land for habitation purpose without thinking about adverse environmental consequences. Modhumoti Model Town is such type of housing project which is situated at a river zone. Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (Bela) filed a writ against the project and a...
Atmosphere, made of several particles whereas suspended particles, play a significant role in the increase of climate change, harsh air quality, public health diseases and degradation of atmospheric visibility. Unplanned urbanization, industrialization, lack of air pollution controlling laws and regulations, lack of penalty of law violators are the...
Town center is the city's central hub combined with flexible multiple use, district of vertical mixed-use buildings that holds retail, commercial, administrative, civic, industrial, recreational and residential uses together which develops social connectivity. Especially for Bangladesh, Rajshahi is a growing city becoming congested due to compact u...
Open space is a vital part of city life which enhances the attractiveness of a community and provides an opportunity for recreation, playing, political activities, cultural activities, and so on. Along with enhancing the quality of life, open space can provide significant economic benefits and compatible future growth. With the increase in urbaniza...
Recording of hydrological parameters of a flood with conventional means often fails due to an extreme event especially in developing countries like Bangladesh. Flood water causes a lot of property damage almost every year and it demands to be controlled for economic growth by water management. The objective of the study is to analyze
the damages ac...
Water body extraction is an important task in evaluation of water resources disciplines of developing
country especially in Bangladesh. In Rajshahi metropolis, there were 729 ponds and canals in 2002, but
the figure had been fallen to 393 in 2013 because of indiscriminate land filling and unplanned
urbanization. Therefore, the aim of the study is t...
A good water supply is a pre-condition to providing a well-facilitated living place. But the surface water (both ponds and river water) of Rajshahi City is not suitable for drinking and cooking purposes and Rajshahi WASA can serve maximum 67% of dwellers and the rest use ground water. The main objective of the study is to know the availability of g...
In a sharp sight, the present business world is continually depending on the e-business (electric business) in creating a nation like Bangladesh in light of the fact that the underline moto of creating nation is to digitalized everyday exercises of human life. For making e-business sector more relevant, effective and hazards consuming web GIS (geog...
Disasters are an uncertain and unavoidable event in nature, which affect adversely social, economic,
environmental and humanitarian sectors. The main objective of the study is to identify a significant pattern
of a certain disaster over time using Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS)
applications to understand its nature w...
Gentle-breezes, quench weather is always admired by Bangladeshi people because it refreshes human body so there is nothing but riverbank is one of the finest places for recreation. For designing riverbank as a recreational area, the investigation results indicate the Padma riverbank area because Padma is the largest river in Bangladesh, situated in...
Child labor is regarded as one of the most common problems in Bangladesh where 93% of child laborer are employed in the
informal sector such as small factories and workshops, on the street, in home-based business and domestic employment which cannot be
ignored. Many families rely on the income generated by their children for survival, so the prob...
Questions
Question (1)
Hello,
I am doing my undergraduate thesis on retrieving PM10 value from landsat imagery. Many articles show different way of extraction. Following the articles I can retrieve only TOA reflectance by using ENVI. Next steps seem harder for me to deal with. Can anyone suggest me the easy way of retrieving AOT value by mentioning essential software, tools and papers.
Thank you.
